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2/20 South Side Cubs fan

Brian Bogusevic grew up in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and attended De La Salle high school in Chicago. He also was a White Sox fan.

“I went to high school literally across the highway from there,” said Bogusevic, a non-roster invitee in Cubs camp. “We used to practice in the parking lot at Comiskey.”

He also went to a lot of games on the South Side as a kid. The 29-year-old outfielder is looking for a job with the Cubs now. He came up in the Astros system and was a pitcher from 2005-08, then switched to outfield.

“It was actually their decision,” he said of the Astros. “I wanted to do it. I never made it known to them.”

He didn’t convert because of problems as a pitcher like Rick Ankiel had. Bogusevic was 14-21 with a 5.05 ERA in 77 Minor League games. His former college teammate, Micah Owings, is now doing the same thing with the Nationals.

“It wasn’t like an Ankiel thing, I just wasn’t doing as well, so we switched to see how it goes,” Bogusevic said. “It’s not like I’d never hit before. I had hit in college.”

Wait a minute — in his bio, it says Bogusevic pitched one inning last year for the Astros.

“That was a whole different deal,” he said. “That was us running out of pitchers. We were down 15 [runs] and we needed somebody to save some arms. I was the guy.”

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